GATTACA by Andrew M. Niccol - The Script Source
GATTACA by Andrew M. Niccol - The Script Source
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12.<br />
ANTONIO<br />
What's wrong?<br />
JEROME (VO)<br />
Of course, there was nothing wrong<br />
with me. Not so long ago I would<br />
have been considered a perfectly<br />
healthy, normal ba<strong>by</strong>. Ten<br />
fingers, ten toes. That was all<br />
that used to matter. But now my<br />
immediate well-being was not the<br />
sole concern.<br />
Antonio turns his attention from his ba<strong>by</strong> to the data<br />
appearing on the monitor. We see individual items<br />
highlighted amongst the data - "NERVE CONDITION - PROBABILITY<br />
60%", "MANIC DEPRESSION -42%", "OBESITY - 66%", "ATTENTION<br />
DEFICIT DISORDER - 89%"--<br />
JEROME (VO)<br />
My destiny was mapped out before<br />
me--all my flaws, predispositions<br />
and susceptibilities - most<br />
untreatable to this day. Only<br />
minutes old, the date and cause of<br />
my death was already known.<br />
Antonio focuses on a final highlighted item on the monitor's<br />
screen, "HEART DISORDER - 99% - EARLY FATAL POTENTIAL.".<br />
"LIFE EXPECTANCY - 33 YEARS".<br />
NURSE<br />
<strong>The</strong> name?<br />
(typing details into<br />
birth certificate)<br />
For the certificate.<br />
Antonio--<br />
MARIA<br />
ANTONIO<br />
(correcting her)<br />
--No, Vincent Antonio.<br />
With a computer stylus he signs the nurse's handheld screen.<br />
EXT. TRACT HOME - BACKYARD. DAY.<br />
2-year-old jerome (referred to <strong>by</strong> his given name of "Vincent"<br />
for most of the following flashback) running with a toy<br />
rocket falls more in clumsiness than fatigue. Maria suddenly<br />
whisks up the toddler.
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